Дидактический материал: примерный план написания рассказа с примерами.

Plan for writing a story

• 1.Characters: from the 1 st person (I, we) or the 3d person (he, she, they)
• 2. 1 st paragraph – the scene:
• When
• Where
• The weather
• Who
• What happened first
• 3. Paragraphs 2-3 – the events in the order they happened
• The climax event (кульминация)

• 4. The final paragraph
• What happened in the end
• How the characters felt
• 5. Time linkers: as, then, when, after, later, while, suddenly, finally… etc
• 6. Use adverbs and adjectives
• 7. Use our senses: what we can see, hear, smell, feel

• Characters: from 1 st person

2. The scene:

• When: during my summer holiday
• Where: travelling across the USA
• Who: my friend James and I
• What happened first: decided to take a journey on a steam train

3. The climax event: the train started rocking dangerously from side to side and people started screaming.

4. In the end:

• The train slowed down and pulled into the next station.
• They felt relieved that no one had been hurt and the driver was well.

5. Linkers: one day / when / and / suddenly / then / as / a few minutes later / soon after that

6. Adjectives and adverbs: thrilling, terrifying, smooth, terribly, screeching, frantically, dangerously, anxiously / save the day